I've got the appointment to collect my car in a couple of weeks (woop woop!) and our first 2 weeks with it will be in Scotland. It's a Raven MS and I'm told it comes with the CCS adapter. The area I'll be in lacks superchargers but there are a couple of Chargeplace Scotland options. Would the right thing to do be to get a year's subscription or can you just turn up and pay for a couple of one-off charges?
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Scotland charging
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dst87
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Chargeplace Scotland chargers are free to use. Once you’ve signed up for an account, you can use the app to start a charge.
Alternatively, pay £20 per year for a physical card instead. Either way the charging sessions are free.
Alternatively, pay £20 per year for a physical card instead. Either way the charging sessions are free.
GraemeS
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is it possible to speak to edinburgh directly?
i had a call when i ordered the car but i’ve never been able to speak to them directly. always goes to the call centre.
they offered me a test drive but i have no way of getting to phone them back to book it
GraemeS
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You too Graeme! I can't wait.
Are these chargers only open to card carrying members? Or is there a means for occasional users to "pay as you go" on these? I'm figuring if it's a necessity I'd better plan ahead and buy a year's sub even if I only use it a couple of times. I'm sure we'll be back within the year.
dst87
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As I mentioned above, for occasional use you don’t need to buy the card. Just sign up for free online and download the app. This lets you use any of the chargers, though you’ll need to have data signal on your phone to start charging. The card allows you to start a charge session without a data connection or the app, so might be worth the £20 per year if you think you’ll find yourself in that situation.
You do need to register a payment method to your online account to pay for any non-free charge points. Read the FAQ for more information.
dst87
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interbear
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Great info, thanks. I regularly travel to Hawick to visit family and there’s 50kw charger there, free to use. Brilliant. Although I can’t sign up yet as they don’t list Model 3 on the Tesla vehicle options. I’ve emailed them via the website to request that they add Model 3.
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There are lots of Chargeplace Scotland Chargers at Railway Stations etc. and they seem to be little used and some are 22KW. Tesla are building a Super Charger Site on the M8 not far from the Showcase Cinema but seems to be taking ages so they must have some challenges.
So have I, twice. They say it will be added, but what the delay is, I don't know.
dst87
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I signed up using 'Other' as the vehicle type. Stupidly, other is alphabetised in the list and isn't at the top / bottom as you might expect.
It will allow you to sign up straight away (you can change your vehicle later in your account when they finally do update the list).
MrBadger
Badger out
Shame its an annual price. I would probably have bought one to support rollout even though, unless NOA struggles to exit the M6, I have no current plans of visiting Scotland.
Great tip. If they don't sort things out by the time I get my registration number, I will do that.
dst87
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The signup process asks for car make and model, but doesn't recognise the Model 3 yet. Which one did you pretend to have?
I just selected “Other” on the list. It’s not at the top / bottom as you might expect, but listed alphabetically.
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